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Victorian and Edwardian Music Hall

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Introduction:
"The British music hall has gone the way of the bustle, the gas mantle and the hansom cab, but a few snatches of its songs live on in the folk memory. This quiz covers some of the best known."


1. Jules Léotard, who gave his name to a garment worn by many aerobics enthusiasts today, was a great hit with Londoners in the 1860s. His acrobatic act inspired a well known music hall song called “The Daring Young Man on the _____________ .” What words are missing from the title?
    Dizzy High Wire
    Flying Trapeze
    Dashing White Horse
    Ten-Foot-High Stilts


2. During the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 – 78, a robustly anti-Russian ditty was sung in the British music halls. A line from the chorus has given us a word for crude and aggressive patriotism. What is this word?
    chauvinism
    jingoism
    tub-thumping
    flag-wagging


3. Joseph Hobson Jagger (possibly a distant relation to Mick) gained fame for an exploit in Europe in 1886. How was he described in a music hall song?
    The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
    The man who put the kibosh on the Kaiser
    The man who swam over from Calais to Dover
    The man who sold the Leaning Tower of Pisa


4. Katie Lawrence sang a song about a young man who loved a girl called Daisy Bell. What kind of vehicle did the lovesick swain suggest for their honeymoon?
    a bicycle built for two
    a coach and four, and one or two more
    the handsomest hansom in town
    the Lord Mayor’s coach


5. Where did Florrie Forde invite her admirers to “come and have a drink or two”?
    The Old Bull and Bush
    The Dewdrop Inn
    The Elephant and Castle
    The Tavern in the Town


6. Albert Chevalier, “the Coster’s Laureate”, had a song about astonishing his neighbours with an inheritance from a rich uncle. What effect did he produce on them?
    Wowed ‘em in Whitechapel
    Knocked ‘em in the Old Kent Road
    Made ‘em stare in Hoxton Square
    Turned ‘em green in Turnham Green


7. Harry Champion sang “I’m _________________, I Am.” Which English king’s name goes in the gap?
    Alfred the Great
    Henry the Eighth
    William the Conqueror
    King Canute


8. In one of Marie Lloyd’s best known songs, what did her old man tell her to do?
    carry the can
    flutter her fan
    follow the van
    think up a plan


9. Ella Shields, a male impersonator, had a song about a tramp who gave himself the airs of a toff and claimed acquaintance with everyone “from Smith to Lord Rosebery.” What was the name of this dandified dosser?
    The Marquess of Mayfair
    Burlington Bertie
    Baron Hardup
    Gilbert the Filbert


10. The music hall was not short of Scottish artists, who often appeared in Highland dress. One of the best known had a repertoire that included “Roamin’ in the Gloamin’”, “I Love a Lassie” and “Keep Right On to the End of the Road”. He eventually gained a knighthood. Who was he?
    Harry MacDonough
    Will Fyffe
    Harry Lauder
    Hector Grant


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